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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
project charter (Output/Input)
free float
request for proposal (RFP)
precedence diagramming method (PDM) (Technique)
2. Logical grouping of project management inputs - tools and techniques and outputs. includes initiating processes - planning processes - executing processes - monitoring and controlling processes and closing processes. NOT project phases
project scope statement (Output/Input)
predecessor activity
project management process group
sensitivity analysis
3. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits
program management
plan risk management (Process)
scheduled start date (SS)
schedule compression
4. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports
define activities (Process)
start to start (SS)
free float
activity code
5. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu
calendar unit
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)
6. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks
project phase
preventative action
buffer
Monte Carlo simulation
7. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
lead (Technique)
project calendar
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
develop project management plan (Process)
8. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
manage project team (Process)
project
define activities (Process)
project management system (Tool)
9. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
scope
change control board (CCB)
secondary risk
acquire project team (Process)
10. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.
start date
planned value (PV)
quality
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
11. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.
configuration management system (Tool)
develop human resource plan (Process)
start to finish (SF)
close project or phase (Process)
12. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
program
sub network
template
BCWS
13. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
defect repair
free float
approved change request (Output/Input)
float
14. ACWP
imposed date
planning package
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
actual cost of work performed
15. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.
three point estimate (Technique)
historical information
code of accounts (Tool)
authority
16. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
develop project charter (Process)
project team directory
schedule baseline
work performance information
17. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
requirement
develop project charter (Process)
triggers
18. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th
define activities (Process)
matrix organization
trend analysis (Technique)
subproject
19. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance
product life cycle
plan quality (Process)
input (Process) input
finish to start (FS)
20. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished
pareto chart (Tool)
backward pass
risk breakdown structure (RBS)
lag (Technique)
21. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
scope creep
summary activity
request for proposal (RFP)
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
22. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.
special cause
close project or phase (Process)
project phase
project management office (PMO)
23. Number of labor units required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
voice of the customer
scheduled start date (SS)
effort
24. Uncertain event or condition that has a positive or negative effect on projects objectives
sequence activities (Process)
variance analysis (Technique)
risk
summary activity
25. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
budget at completion (BAC)
project calendar
matrix organization
26. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.
common cause
human resource plan
technical performance measurement (Technique)
risk mitigation (Technique)
27. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
project life cycle
plan quality (Process)
project phase
specification
28. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
perform qualitative analysis (Process)
project
conduct procurements (Process)
29. A technique that explores the accuracy of assumptions and identifies risks to the project from inaccuracy - inconsistency - or incompleteness of assumptions
milestone
network path
progressive elaboration (Technique)
assumptions analysis (Technique)
30. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
early start date (ES)
schedule performance index (SPI)
functional organization
lessons learned(Output/Input)
31. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management
portfolio
define activities (Process)
project cost management (Knowledge Area)
resource breakdown structure
32. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule
to complete performance index (TCPI)
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
acquire project team (Process)
33. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
hammock activity
root cause analysis (Technique)
backward pass
develop project charter (Process)
34. Total costs actually incurred and recorded in accomplishing work performed during a given time period for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component. actual cost can sometimes be direct labor hours alone - direct costs alone - or all c
requested change(Output/Input)
matrix organization
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
actual cost (AC)
35. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
seller
monitor and control risks (Process)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
36. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses
conduct procurements (Process)
Delphi technique (Technique)
functional manager
risk management plan (Output/Input)
37. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
lessons learned(Output/Input)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
perform integrated change control (Process)
requirements traceability matrix
38. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component
expert judgment (Technique)
finish to start (FS)
sequence activities (Process)
defect repair
39. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization
assumptions
free float
sensitivity analysis
buyer
40. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used
resource leveling (Technique)
portfolio
precedence relationship
summary activity
41. An approved plan for a project - plus or minus approved changes. it is compared to actual performance to determine if performance is within acceptable variance thresholds. generally refers to the current baseline - but may refer to the original or so
baseline
determine budget (Process)
requirement
statement of work (SOW)
42. Those criteria - including performance requirements and essential conditions which must be met before project deliverables are accepted
work performance information
total float
acceptance criteria
project human resource management (Knowledge Area)
43. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
time and material contract (T&M)
co-location (Technique)
request for quotation (RFQ)
estimate to complete (ETC)(Output/Input)
44. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
expected monetary value (EMV)
predecessor activity
logical relationship
monitor and control risks (Process)
45. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans
develop project management plan (Process)
s-curve
secondary risk
flowcharting (Technique)
46. Information gathering technique examines the project from the perspective of each projects strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - and threats to increase the breadth of the risks considered by risk management
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
activity identifier
imposed date
buyer
47. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.
work breakdown structure component
log
total float
preventative action
48. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources
estimate activity durations (Process)
performance reports (Output/Input)
expected monetary value (EMV)
progressive elaboration (Technique)
49. Change to project scope. almost always requires an adjustment to the project cost or schedule
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
sequence activities (Process)
scope change
determine budget (Process)
50. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
administer procurements (Process)
seller
calendar unit
enterprise environmental factors (Input/Output)